Leea
Feminine · “weary”
Leea adds a vowel to a name that is mostly vowels already, and the addition changes nothing. The woman behind the older name is characterized by a single Hebrew adjective that translators have never agreed about, and the whole reading of her story depends on it.
How old is the name Leea?
Leea first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Leea alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 700 people named Leea are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leea most popular?
Leea peaked in 1965, reaching #3952 nationally. See the whole 1965 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Leah to Leea
The story of Leea
Genesis introduces Jacob's two wives with a single contrasting sentence, and the whole of Leah's reputation rests on one word in it. Rachel is beautiful in form and appearance; Leah's eyes were rakkot. The word means soft, tender, delicate — and translators have rendered it as weak, dull, weary, lovely and tender, in versions that produce completely different women. Some Jewish commentary takes it as weak from weeping, on the story that she wept at the prospect of marrying Esau. Others take it as the one attractive thing the narrator can find to say. Others read it straightforwardly as gentle. The text does not resolve it, and what a reader thinks of Leah — the unwanted sister, or the one with the kind eyes — is decided by a translation choice made before they open the book.
Meaningscholars disagree
weary, or possibly something about her eyes
The traditional derivation connects the name to a Hebrew root meaning weary, and an Akkadian word for a wild cow has also been proposed. Neither is secure. The name is old enough that its own meaning was probably already lost when the text was written.
How the name formed
- Leah
- Lea
- Leea
Related forms: Leah · Lia · Lea
Pronouncing Leea
LEE-uh
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The added vowel does not make a third syllable; it sits inside the same long e the shorter spellings have.
Nicknames for Leea
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1961
- Most girls named
- 200024 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3952reached in 1965
- Change vs 2021
- 0.0%6 in 2022, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Leea in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Leah in Hebrew — same name
- Lia in Italian — same name
- Lea in German — same name
Leeas among us
people named Leea are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Leea sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Four letters with no silent ones make it quick to write and simple to spell aloud.
- The name behind it is among the oldest in continuous use anywhere.
- Two open syllables are easy for a small child to say.
- Leah, Lea and Lia are all far commoner and will be written for it.
- The added vowel is inaudible, so the spelling must be given aloud every time.
- The name's meaning is genuinely contested, so it comes with a qualification.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leeas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Leea are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Leea in 2025?
- Leea is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Leea with classmates?
- Leea will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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